Scanning from Windows workstations

Introduction

Well folks, I saw several times here in the community, many of our friends installing Spiceworks, more so with the old difficulties to find and scan all machines, workstations and servers in any location you want. Here in Hou tos, I'll show you some tips that worked for me, after much research and headaches. = D

Steps
(3 total)

1

Find the error

Look for a machine that Spiceworks was unable to scan. Click it to see what error it is saying. If "Windows WMI port not open, firewall problem?" or "Timeout waiting for the WMI connection" is because sometimes the firewall machine accesses and block some ports, but we go the next step.

2

Scanning the machine

Once you have done step 1 on the machines, now is the time to ask the Spiceworks scan your network again. In a few minutes Spiceworks will identify the machines on which you opened ports in the firewall. May be it takes longer than expected, but depending on how many stations you have.

It is likely that over time, some machines will make the same mistake again, it is rare to happen.

3

Fix the error

Once you have found the reason for the error, then the first search engine that you want the Spiceworks recognize. Open your cmd.exe and type the following things: